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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jul 15, 2021 19:56:36 GMT -5
LA County is irrelevant, as it is not at 90 percent vaccinated. LA County is under 70 percent vaccinated (ages 16+) with at least one dose. Massachusetts is at 83.2% with at least one dose, and leads the country with 73.6% of those ages 18+ fully vaccinated.
There are communities in LA County with 30 percent vaccination rates.
Marin County in CA is reporting 92.1 percent of residents 12 and older with at least one dose. There are other counties in CA under 50 percent.
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Post by bfoley82 on Jul 15, 2021 22:16:02 GMT -5
LA County is irrelevant, as it is not at 90 percent vaccinated. LA County is under 70 percent vaccinated (ages 16+) with at least one dose. Massachusetts is at 83.2% with at least one dose, and leads the country with 73.6% of those ages 18+ fully vaccinated. There are communities in LA County with 30 percent vaccination rates. Marin County in CA is reporting 92.1 percent of residents 12 and older with at least one dose. There are other counties in CA under 50 percent. Worcester County is at 55 percent www.google.com/amp/s/amp.milforddailynews.com/amp/47580691
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jul 16, 2021 4:55:24 GMT -5
LA County is irrelevant, as it is not at 90 percent vaccinated. LA County is under 70 percent vaccinated (ages 16+) with at least one dose. Massachusetts is at 83.2% with at least one dose, and leads the country with 73.6% of those ages 18+ fully vaccinated. There are communities in LA County with 30 percent vaccination rates. Marin County in CA is reporting 92.1 percent of residents 12 and older with at least one dose. There are other counties in CA under 50 percent. Worcester County is at 55 percent www.google.com/amp/s/amp.milforddailynews.com/amp/47580691Worcester County is 73 percent vaccinated with at least one dose, those ages 12 and older. www.mass.gov/doc/weekly-covid-19-vaccination-report-july-15-2021/downloadAnd what LA County is doing is still irrelevant to a campus where 92 percent of matriculating students are vaccinated, as of July 15th.
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Post by longsuffering on Jul 18, 2021 15:17:47 GMT -5
Birds of a feather flock together. I hope the 8% don't all hang out with each other for mutual support.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jul 21, 2021 13:37:58 GMT -5
Holy Cross recorded one positive test yesterday, of a staff member. 152 tests were done.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jul 29, 2021 10:41:28 GMT -5
Two student positives yesterday. One staff positive on Tuesday. One staff positive the previous week. I wonder if this cluster is an athletic team. The HC protocol is fully vaccinated close contacts don't need to quarantine.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jul 30, 2021 9:20:32 GMT -5
For reasons unknown, HC's public COVID database has been depopulated of all data since yesterday morning. It wasn't as if there wasn't a timely update, there now is no historical data to update.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Jul 30, 2021 19:09:10 GMT -5
The database came back up this afternoon. No new positives on Thursday or today. Three positives (two are students) in the past seven days, four positives over the past 14 days. 599 tests over the past seven days.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Aug 3, 2021 16:56:20 GMT -5
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Post by hcpride on Aug 3, 2021 17:28:56 GMT -5
I assume if HC decides to ‘mask ‘em all up’ in class and other gatherings the tests on the (vaccinated) student body will be immaterial to that decision. I wouldn’t be shocked, given the CDC guidance regarding a k-12 building mask up, if we go in that direction. Erring on the safe side. At this point I’m assuming there is 0% chance we keep the kids remote and off campus like last fall.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Aug 6, 2021 16:56:21 GMT -5
One more student has tested positive. (Tested yesterday, results today.) Total of three this summer., It would very much surprise me if the student was not vaccinated.* Quite possibly, this is a student athlete who arrived early for fall sports practice. Last positives were July 28.
* HC has indicated foreign students, if unvaccinated, will be tested and vaccinated on their arrival.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Aug 22, 2021 6:37:35 GMT -5
HC did 1,055 tests in the seven days ending August 21. One staff positive, on Thursday. Last student positive was August 6.
The testing pace is picking up as more students arrive on campus.
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Post by bfoley82 on Aug 27, 2021 10:08:23 GMT -5
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Post by Tom on Aug 27, 2021 11:04:42 GMT -5
Nothing new. You must be vaccinated to attend an indoor event where there is food. You do not need to be be vaccinated to attend an outdoor event or an indoor event that has no food. From a sports aspect, it sounds like you'll need to be vaccinated to go to a basketball or hockey game. All other sports don't seem to be an issue As you note, BC just changed and a lot can happen between now and Sept 11. From a practical standpoint if you're thinking of things like soccer that don't require a ticket to get in, I'm not sure how the logistics would work in verifying vaccination status
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Post by bfoley82 on Aug 27, 2021 12:08:52 GMT -5
Nothing new. You must be vaccinated to attend an indoor event where there is food. You do not need to be be vaccinated to attend an outdoor event or an indoor event that has no food. From a sports aspect, it sounds like you'll need to be vaccinated to go to a basketball or hockey game. All other sports don't seem to be an issue As you note, BC just changed and a lot can happen between now and Sept 11. From a practical standpoint if you're thinking of things like soccer that don't require a ticket to get in, I'm not sure how the logistics would work in verifying vaccination status Merrimack is making electronic tickets for all games...UConn baseball was doing it at the end of spring
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Post by Tom on Aug 27, 2021 13:28:00 GMT -5
Nothing new. You must be vaccinated to attend an indoor event where there is food. You do not need to be be vaccinated to attend an outdoor event or an indoor event that has no food. From a sports aspect, it sounds like you'll need to be vaccinated to go to a basketball or hockey game. All other sports don't seem to be an issue As you note, BC just changed and a lot can happen between now and Sept 11. From a practical standpoint if you're thinking of things like soccer that don't require a ticket to get in, I'm not sure how the logistics would work in verifying vaccination status Merrimack is making electronic tickets for all games...UConn baseball was doing it at the end of spring I have never seen a soccer game in the new stadium. IIRC the old field didn't have much of a fence so it would be harder to control access. You sparked my curiosity so I looked at some pictures. There appears to be a decent fence around it so a ticket taker or vaccination card checker could be set up at the gate if HC decides to change policy. You sparked my curiosity. I just went onto the Merrimack website. Although tickets are required for non-revenue sports, there is no charge. -------------------------- Soccer and field hockey are underway. I would hope if there was a policy change coming, that would affect outdoor sports, they would have announced it prior to the season starting. The odd one is volleyball as an indoor fall sport. The current policy is people who aren't vaccinated can attend indoor events where no food is served. I have never been to a volleyball game and have no idea if the concession stand is open for volleyball or not
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Aug 27, 2021 13:46:12 GMT -5
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Post by matunuck on Aug 27, 2021 14:04:14 GMT -5
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Post by bfoley82 on Aug 27, 2021 14:18:06 GMT -5
Merrimack is making electronic tickets for all games...UConn baseball was doing it at the end of spring I have never seen a soccer game in the new stadium. IIRC the old field didn't have much of a fence so it would be harder to control access. You sparked my curiosity so I looked at some pictures. There appears to be a decent fence around it so a ticket taker or vaccination card checker could be set up at the gate if HC decides to change policy. You sparked my curiosity. I just went onto the Merrimack website. Although tickets are required for non-revenue sports, there is no charge. -------------------------- Soccer and field hockey are underway. I would hope if there was a policy change coming, that would affect outdoor sports, they would have announced it prior to the season starting. The odd one is volleyball as an indoor fall sport. The current policy is people who aren't vaccinated can attend indoor events where no food is served. I have never been to a volleyball game and have no idea if the concession stand is open for volleyball or not Yea, I am just sharing what I am seeing from local schools. The Merrimack one is the most stringent I have seen. It really isn't that bad if you were vaxxed.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Aug 29, 2021 5:11:34 GMT -5
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Post by hcpride on Aug 29, 2021 7:30:19 GMT -5
Hopefully that is not a trend (going online for classes notwithstanding ultra high college vaccination rates) we buy into: “I’ll be blunt: The level of breakthrough cases (positive testing among vaccinated persons) is much higher than anticipated,” Bridget Gorman, the dean of undergraduates, wrote in a letter to the school’s 8,000 graduate and undergraduate students. The university did not release figures on the breakthrough cases.
- From the article.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Sept 2, 2021 18:44:06 GMT -5
Over the past five days (Aug 29-Sept 2), HC has performed about 3,700 tests. Very likely all of these were tests of students, as staff are now tested only on Fridays. Ten positives recorded, likely representing breakthrough infections, given the 96+ percent vaccination rate.
These 3,700 tests should have captured all those who returned to Worcester for the fall semester. Probably most, if not all, of the positives arrived on campus already infected. (I doubt that the college will publicly publish data on which vaccines the positive test individuals received. In the Provincetown outbreak, those who had received J&J had higher rates of breakthrough infection.)
Some were tested twice, as I think there are probably 2,800-2900 enrolled in Worcester, with other students on their year abroad study program, or on the NY and DC semesters.
Students now swab their own nostrils; the swab doesn't go deep. The Broad Institute now pools 25 tests as a batch and analyzes the batch, rather than individually. If the pooled batch is negative, the 25 students are given a green clear to display on their smartphone. If the pooled batch indicates a positive is present, the 25 students who were part of that pool are quickly re-tested individually to identify the infected student.
Massachusetts is the only state the breaks out Higher Ed testing. In the past week, there were 146,000 tests done at higher ed institutions, with 371 positives, for a positive percentage of 0.25%, which is about the same as HC's current percentage.
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Post by Chu Chu on Sept 4, 2021 11:36:56 GMT -5
Thanks, great info!
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Sept 7, 2021 10:05:42 GMT -5
49 student positives Sept 3-7 4 on Sept 3; 526 tests 17 on Sept 4; 480 tests 2 on Sept 5; 25 tests 11 on Sept 6; 1735 tests 15 on Sept 7; 1218 tests
It would appear every student was tested on Sept 6 and 7 (test dates may be a day prior). Unless HC has opened a second testing site, that is a very high through-put for Hogan (320?)
Three of these positives were external tests, meaning not done by HC. These may be students at other schools coming on to campus for a course.
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Post by HC92 on Sept 7, 2021 19:02:45 GMT -5
What is HC doing with the students who test positive? And for how long? A set period of time or they can return to regular activity after some number of negative tests? Or some combo of the two?
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